Worms have teenage ambivalence, too
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Jan. 5, 2017) Anyone who has allowed a child to "help" with a project quickly learns that kids, no...
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Older lung cancer patients face significant treatment burden
Depending on the type of treatment older lung cancer patients receive, they can spend an average of one in three days interacting with the healthcare...
Consumption of grilled meat linked to higher mortality risk among breast cancer survivors
Findings published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicate that higher consumption of grilled, barbecued, and smoked meat may increase the mortality risk...
Research sheds new light on high-altitude settlement in Tibet
Humans likely established permanent settlements on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau between 13,000-7,400 years ago, according to new research published this week in the journal Science....
Using fat to help wounds heal without scars
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Doctors have found a way to manipulate wounds to heal as regenerated skin rather than scar tissue. The method involves...
Measuring trees with the speed of sound
Credit: Javier O. Ballesteros and Gregory S. Gilbert. From Gilbert, Gregory S., Javier O. Ballesteros, Cesar A. Barrios-Rodriguez, Ernesto F. Bonadies, Marjorie L. Cedeño-Sánchez, Nohely...
Arctic sea ice loss impacts beluga whale migration
Credit: Kate Stafford/University of Washington The annual migration of some beluga whales in Alaska is altered by sea ice changes in the Arctic, while other...
Scientists use light to control the logic networks of a cell
Proteins are the workhorse molecules of life. Among their many jobs, they carry oxygen, build tissue, copy DNA for the next generation, and coordinate events...
Anemia protects African children against malaria
Credit: Carla Cerami Chapel Hill, NC - Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world and causes long-term adverse consequences in children....
Research helps explain why androgen-deprivation therapy doesn’t work for many prostate cancers
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Metastatic prostate cancer, or prostate cancer that has spread to other organs, is incurable. In new research published in the journal Science,...
Scaling up marine conservation targets should benefit millions of people
Credit: Flickr user, pauljill About 200 countries worldwide committed to protecting 10% of national marine areas by signing the Convention on Biological Diversity. But more...
South American fossil tomatillos show nightshades evolved earlier than thought
Credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State Delicate fossil remains of tomatillos found in Patagonia, Argentina, show that this branch of the economically important family that also...
Julio Ottino awarded top national academy prize for innovative education
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Julio M. Ottino, dean of the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, has been awarded a prestigious national...
Researcher turns ‘SARS mask’ into a virus killer
Credit: UAlberta.ca (Edmonton) A University of Alberta engineering researcher has developed a new way to treat common surgical masks so they are capable of trapping...
Density functional theory took a wrong turn recently
Credit: Ivan S. Bushmarinov The paper explores in detail the intricate relationship between the results of the quantum-chemical calculations and the approximations they rely upon....
